Three-pedal Astons to soon disappear forever, despite earlier pledge to stick with manual

Aston Martin has revealed that it’s pulling the plug on the development of all future manual transmissions, despite a previous commitment by the British sports car-maker to be the “last manufacturer in the world to offer manual sports cars”.

According to CEO Tobias Moers, the manual Aston Martin V8 Vantage AMR will be phased out ahead of next year’s big facelift and that the gearbox beloved of purists will be gone for good.
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